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Breakthrough announced for Alzheimer’s disease treatment

Breakthrough announced for Alzheimer’s disease treatment

Alzheimer Society of Ontario welcomes US approval of game-changing, disease-modifying therapy
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Could decriminalization of drugs combat the opioid crisis?

Could decriminalization of drugs combat the opioid crisis?

As Toronto Public Health and Toronto Police Service jointly apply for decriminalization of personal use drugs in Canada’s largest city, Sudbury.com asked stakeholders if it might work in Greater Sudbury
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Hospital updates security policy after body found in parking lot

Hospital updates security policy after body found in parking lot

Health Sciences North says it has updated its process for investigating abandoned vehicles and ensuring documentation occurs in a timely manner
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Possible blue-green algal bloom at Kalmo Beach

Possible blue-green algal bloom at Kalmo Beach

Public Health issues advisory, posts signs as a precaution
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Sue Johanson talked about sex before it was OK to do so

Sue Johanson talked about sex before it was OK to do so

The famed sex educator spent her career championing sex education in Canada, and earned a Laurentian University honourary doctorate in the process
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Report: Slight dip in opioid deaths doesn't mean crisis is ended

Report: Slight dip in opioid deaths doesn't mean crisis is ended

National advisory warns that although opioid overdose numbers are down slightly, the situation is still a national crisis that is killing people, something that’s especially true in Northern Ontario
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City’s first responders march on PTSD Awareness Day

City’s first responders march on PTSD Awareness Day

Awareness walk along Notre Dame Avenue brought together community’s emergency services
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NGO urging seniors to keep up to date with COVID vaccines

NGO urging seniors to keep up to date with COVID vaccines

COVID continues to ‘pose a threat to the health of older adults in Canada’
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Public health questions why Sudbury's opioid crisis is so grim

Public health questions why Sudbury's opioid crisis is so grim

For the past five years, opioid use, toxicity and overdose rates in Sudbury have been consistently worse than anywhere else in Ontario
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Sudbury's COVID-19 test centre moving to smaller venue

Sudbury's COVID-19 test centre moving to smaller venue

Drive-through centre on Regent street is closed down and patients who need testing can now go to the Health Sciences North Research Institute (HSNRI) building, at 56 Walford Road
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